Sports stick



March was. .1. D. W'ATTERSON zmma SPORTS STICK Filed March 29, 1934 INVENTORI c7175 74iiers022 BYJTM ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a sports stick, that is, a walking cane with means attached thereto for producing a game or sport to the user.

The object of my invention is to provide a device that may be easily attached to an ordinary walking cane or stick and detached therefrom so as to be conveniently carried in the pocket of the user and when desired the device may be easily attached to the cane to produce sport.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for producing sport when attached to an ordinary walking cane, that will admit of very ready attachment to the cane without marring its surface, the attachment being made with a 5 minimum of trouble but when attached it is held firmly to the body of the cane or walking stick.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for interesting the user at odd leisure times, which can be easily and quickly attached to a walking cane when desired, and after amusement of. ones self with the device, it can be easily and readily detached from the cane and occupies little space in the pocket of the user.

With these and other objects in view which will be developed as the description proceeds, I will now describe my device in connection with the attached drawing in which:

Figure 1 shows my game or amusement device attached to a walking cane.

Figure 2 is a view on the lines 22 of Figure 1.

l is a walking cane of any usual construction and 2 is a net or bag which may be of knitted or woven material of any desired color or composition. 3 is a ring or annulus to which the woven pocket or bag 2 is attached at the top of the bag in any convenient way. The ring 3 forms with the bag an open top receptacle, the opening in its top being sufficiently large to receive a ball 5 of any desired material such as rubber or the like to which a cord 6 may be attached in any convenient way. This cord may be of rubber or elastic material. The cord 6 is preferably attachable to the cane l by means of an eye-bolt l.

The game or sport consists in being able to so throw the ball, attached by the rubber band 6 to the bottom of the stick, as to land it in the bag or pocket 2. p

The cane or stick I evidently may be used without the sport apparatus as an ordinary walking cane and it is, therefore, desirable to be able to attach the pocket 2 to the cane without marring the sides of the cane. I accomplish this by the mechanism shown in Figure 2 in which 8 is a lip extending from the ring portion 3 and attached to this lip, as by solder or otherwise, is a spring ring 9 normally exposed to be in an expanded condition large enough to pass over the body of the stick I and this spring ring 9 has an eye H at one end and a tail portion l2 at the other end.

A link I 3 passing through the eye II carries a clamp portion l4 having also an eye It and extending from the eye [6 a tail portion I1 so arranged that by putting .the finger under the edge l8 of the clamp portion it may be pulled from full line position shown in Figure 2 to the dotted 5 line position. This releases the spring clamp portion 9 and opens it up from its clamped position, shown in Figure 2, to its unclamped position.

It is evident from the construction that in its clamped position the link I3 coacting with the 10 tail I! will hold the parts in the full line position of Figure 2 but that these parts may be easilymoved to the dotted line position by inserting a finger by the edge 18 and pulling on the edge of the part l4. In this way the pocket or the bag 15 may be unclamped and removed from the walking stick or cane without marring the surface. The inside of the clamped portion may or may not be lined with fabric to prevent the metal surface from contacting with the wooden body 20 surface of the cane.

It is obvious that a simple means may be used for constructing the cane attachment by making the ring portion 3 and spring ring 9 of a continuous piece of wire or metal, so shaped as to 25 form a ring for net 2 and continuing it around the cane with loops to receive a bolt and nut for clamping around the cane.

If. it is desired by the player of the sports stick, the ring portion 3 may be adjusted to any angle 30 in relation to the stick or cane, either by an easy adjustment in connection with the ring portion 3 or by bending from original same plane, as shown by the drawing.

Whenever it is desired to use this device as a 5 sports stick, the bolt 1 may be easily attached to the cane and the bag or pocket to any portion of the stick and the skill required to throw the ball and land it in the bag renders the device entertaining to the user. 40

Having now described my invention, what I claim is A sports stick comprising a stick and sport apparatus attached thereto, said apparatus comprising a ball having a cord attached thereto and 45 to the lower end of the stick, a fabric pocket with means for attaching it to thestick including a metal ring forming the mouth of the pocket and having a tongue integral therewith, a spring ring attached to the tongue and having an eye in one 50 end and a lip at the other end, a clamp having a tail at one end to fit the lip in the spring ring, an eye in the clamp, a link passing through the eye of the clamp and the eye in the ring at a point in the clamp between its tail and outer end whereby 55 when the clamp is turned up in contact with the ring it is held thereto by the spring action of the spring ring and said link.

JOHN D. WATTERSON. 60 

